Comments on: The Great Drywall of Dubuque? http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-great-drywall-of-dubuque/ A blog about the mystique of Dubuque, Iowa Tue, 13 May 2008 15:44:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Margarita http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-great-drywall-of-dubuque/#comment-125 Margarita Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:46:33 +0000 http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-125 Here are a couple of "subtle humorous allusions to Dubuque" that are historically a bit older, but still seem worth noting to those who can't get enough of Dubuque trivia: <blockquote>1. <a href="http://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/view?docId=letters/UCCL12067.xml;style=letter" rel="nofollow">Mark Twain, To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald, 24 April 1874</a> 2. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-02-26-gore-oscar_x.htm" rel="nofollow">Chris Lehane, Democratic strategist on whether Al Gore should run for president in 2008</a>: "The guy is enormously happy, " Lehane said. "For him, the decision is: 'Let's see, could I make a lot of money and be on stage in front of a billion people, or would I want to be spending the next two years in a Holiday Inn in Dubuque, Iowa?'"</blockquote> Here are a couple of “subtle humorous allusions to Dubuque” that are historically a bit older, but still seem worth noting to those who can’t get enough of Dubuque trivia:

1. Mark Twain, To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald, 24 April 1874

2. Chris Lehane, Democratic strategist on whether Al Gore should run for president in 2008: “The guy is enormously happy, ” Lehane said. “For him, the decision is: ‘Let’s see, could I make a lot of money and be on stage in front of a billion people, or would I want to be spending the next two years in a Holiday Inn in Dubuque, Iowa?’”

]]> By: Mike http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-great-drywall-of-dubuque/#comment-121 Mike Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:47:03 +0000 http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-121 Another one, from a Sherman Oaks, California blog called <a href="http://lastleftb4hooterville.blogspot.com/2008/02/belated-wednesday-weekly-world-news.html" rel="nofollow">Last Left Turn Before Hooterville</a> <blockquote>The Lost Continent of Atlantis Has Been Found - and it's the Answer to the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis! DUBUQUE, Iowa -- In an astounding discovery, a scientist has announced the most amazing archaeological find of the twenty-first century - the Lost Continent of Atlantis!</blockquote> Can anyone spot more Dubuque references like this? Another one, from a Sherman Oaks, California blog called Last Left Turn Before Hooterville

The Lost Continent of Atlantis Has Been Found - and it’s the Answer to the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis!

DUBUQUE, Iowa — In an astounding discovery, a scientist has announced the most amazing archaeological find of the twenty-first century - the Lost Continent of Atlantis!

Can anyone spot more Dubuque references like this?

]]> By: Mike http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-great-drywall-of-dubuque/#comment-120 Mike Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:11 +0000 http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-120 Here's one current example from the <a href="http://www.toacorn.com/news/2008/0221/Community/009.html" rel="nofollow">Thousand Oaks Acorn</a>, a newspaper in California: <blockquote> "Whether you're going to Dubuque, Disneyland or Dubai, Take Your <i>Thousand Oaks Acorn</i> on Vacation . . . . It's easy. Take a front page of any edition of the <i>Acorn</i> the next time you go on vacation. Have someone hold the front page so it's visible in the photograph with the background depicting scenery of wherever you are."</blockquote> The idea of taking a vacation to Dubuque is humorous, especially in comparison to Disneyland or Dubai. And I think this use of Dubuque has more resonance than Paducah, Kalamazoo, or maybe even Timbuktu. Here’s one current example from the Thousand Oaks Acorn, a newspaper in California:

“Whether you’re going to Dubuque, Disneyland or Dubai, Take Your Thousand Oaks Acorn on Vacation . . . . It’s easy. Take a front page of any edition of the Acorn the next time you go on vacation. Have someone hold the front page so it’s visible in the photograph with the background depicting scenery of wherever you are.”

The idea of taking a vacation to Dubuque is humorous, especially in comparison to Disneyland or Dubai. And I think this use of Dubuque has more resonance than Paducah, Kalamazoo, or maybe even Timbuktu.

]]> By: Mike http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-great-drywall-of-dubuque/#comment-117 Mike Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:50:39 +0000 http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-117 Search results from the <a href="http://www.cartoonbank.com/" rel="nofollow">New Yorker's Cartoon Bank</a>: Top results for Keyword: <b>dubuque</b> yielded 0 results. Top results for Keyword: <b>iowa</b> yielded 8 results. While Dubuque does not appear to be commonly used as an overt or formal punch line in jokes or cartoons, subtle humorous allusions to Dubuque are easy to spot online. I'll try to post more examples of these here. Search results from the New Yorker’s Cartoon Bank:

Top results for Keyword: dubuque yielded 0 results.
Top results for Keyword: iowa yielded 8 results.

While Dubuque does not appear to be commonly used as an overt or formal punch line in jokes or cartoons, subtle humorous allusions to Dubuque are easy to spot online. I’ll try to post more examples of these here.

]]> By: erik hogstrom http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-great-drywall-of-dubuque/#comment-116 erik hogstrom Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:56:28 +0000 http://dubuquer.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-116 "it's not a place commonly found in punch-lines — unlike, say, New Jersey, Dubuque or Schenectady." How commonly is Dubuque found in punch-lines these days? “it’s not a place commonly found in punch-lines — unlike, say, New Jersey, Dubuque or Schenectady.”

How commonly is Dubuque found in punch-lines these days?

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